Projects

Project: PLATO Iraqi Kurdistan project Beneficiary: Voka Antwerpen-Waasland Budget: 120.000 euro Duration: 24 months Voka – Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Antwerpen-Waasland – wants to exchange its expertise in PLATO projects with experts from Iraqi Kurdistan to strengthen SMEs in their economic ambitions. The PLATO project is a Voka sponsorship project that provides support and guidance to companies based on three pillars: information transfer, experience exchange and networking.

Project: Pieter Bruegel exhibition Beneficiary: Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (KHM) Budget: 150.000 euro Duration: 2018-2020 The Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (KHM) is dedicating the world’s first major monograph exhibition to Pieter Bruegel the Elder. 2019 sees the 450th anniversary of the dead Bruegel. The collection consists for a significant part of art collection of the Habsburg monarchy. The collection of paintings focuses on the old masters from the 15th to 18th century.

Project: Coordinaton of the humanitarian consortium COSACA in Mozambique Beneficiary: Oxfam Solidariteit Budget: 478.793,16 euro Duration: 2018 – 2019 COSACA consists of the international aid organizations Oxfam, CARE International, Save the Children and Concern Worldwide. Through joint and coordinated action, COSACA has been working to increase capacity for disaster preparedness, response, and coordination. The emergency and humanitarian consortium wants to develop a new coordination structure.

Project: 'DEA Adaptive Capacity Facility' Beneficiary: Departement Environmental Affairs (DEA) Budget: 3.999.942 euro  Duration: 2018-2023 The project is coordinated by the South African ‘Departement Environmental Affairs’ (DEA). The department is responsible for the national response to climate change and the transition to green economy. The project focuses on strengthening the capacity for implementing climate adaptation, developing partnerships, setting up pilot projects and gathering and sharing knowledge.

Beneficiary: World Health Organization (WHO) Budget: 2.000.000 euros Duration: 2018 - 2021 The disease burden in Mozambique is characterized by a large proportion of climate-sensitive diseases. Malaria (6.2 million cases in 2016) and HIV / AIDS (13.2% prevalence in 2015) make up more than half of the mortality in Mozambique. Recurrent epidemics of climate-sensitive diseases (such as cholera, measles, dengue fever, chikungunya, West Nile and yellow fever) put pressure on the already over-health system.

Project: "Enhancing Capacity for Marketing Organisations" Begunstigde: Tradeline Corporation Limited Budget: 1.609.295,45 euro Periode: 2018 – 2023 With the support of Flanders, Tradeline Corporation wants to empower 30 marketing organisations in Kasungu and Mzimba with business development services, financial services and markets for their competitiveness in the commercial sector. At the end of the project, companies will be able to independently assume their market function and will have the skills, tools, network and resources to maintain a sustainable trade relationship with small-sca

Duration: 4 years Budget: 3.500.000 The Government of Flanders focuses on structural measures and works closely with the United Nations Organization for Agriculture and Food (FAO). From 2016 till 2019, FAO will assist Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia to increase the climate resilience and food security of local farmers. Lessons learned from this program will be brought to the FAO global level.

Project: the participation of smallholder farmers in decision-making processes regarding agricultural policy and in the planning of agricultural services Beneficiary: Farmer Union of Malawi (FUM) Duration: 2013-2014 Budget: 200.000 euro The Government of Flanders decided to make a contribution to the Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) for the project "Integrating and Strengthening Capacity of Farmers into District Stakeholder Panels".

Project: 1917 - 2017 Flanders welcomes the bereaved Beneficiary: Westtoer apb Amount: 15.980 Euros Duration: 2017 For the important commemorative year 2017 Westtoer started the  project '1917 Total war in Flanders'. The main communication tool for the project in the targeted countries (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany and the Netherlands) , is a social media designed promotional video.

Project:  Strengthening human rights, citizenship, intercultural and other standards in the curriculum of public education in Iraqi Kurdistan Beneficiary: Human Rights Office (OHCHR/UNAMI HRO) Amount: 114.017 euro Duration: 2016 Minister-president Bourgeois decided during his official visit to Iraqi Kurdistan in April 2016 to support the project "Human Rights Education in Schools". The goal of this project is to strengthen human rights, citizenship, intercultural and other standards in the curriculum of public education in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Project: Emergency aid for the refugees of Mosul, Iraq) Beneficiary: UNHCR Amount: 350.000 euro Duration: november 2016  The Government of Flanders approved a grant of 350,000 euros to UNHCR for the refugees from Mosul.  Mosul is the third largest city in Iraq and located just across the border of the Kurdish Autonomous Region in Iraq. Since 2014, Mosul is controlled by Islamic State (IS). The Kurdish population but also a significant Christian minority in the city were largely persecuted and expelled.

Project: The power of greenery in dark times Beneficiary: Koninklijke Maatschappij voor Landbouw en Plantkunde Amount: 108.716,13 euro Duration: April 2016 Having been hosted at Flanders Expo for 26 years, the Floralies return to the Ghent city centre at no fewer than four separate locations this edition. Flower and plant aficionados are sure to go from surprise to surprise this spring. The Floralies also feature a commemorative garden dedicated to the Great War Centenary, designed by ‘buro voor vrije ruimte’.

Project: Great War Centenary Car Routes Beneficiary: Westtoer apb Amount: 45.522 euro Duration: 2010 - 2014   On the occasion of the Great War Centenary commemoration, Westtoer has designed six new car routes around the theme of war. Since the autumn of 2012, you can explore the first WWI car route in the Westhoek. Currently, the following routes are open: Ypres Salient car route Yser Front car route  Life at the Front car route Pioneer car route Free Fatherland car route   Practical information: http://www.flandersfields.be/en/car-routes  

Project: The Fire of Leuven. Chronicle of a War Crime. Beneficiary: Fonk vzw Amount: 7.000 euros Duration: December 2013 - August 2014 In late August 1914, Leuven fell victim to blind war rage. Virtually the entire city centre was systematically destroyed by the German occupying forces.

Project: Digital Collection of press material of the Great War Beneficiary:  Iminds vzw Amount: 23.512 euro Duration: January 2015 - September 2015 Interested in authentic source material from the First World War? Curious about daily life under the German occupier? Searching for traces of your grandfather at the front? Then, at News from The Great War, you are in the right place. Here, you will find a unique digital collection of press material that was published in our region during the war years.

Project: allocation of an independent expert public finance to the Ministry of Health (MISAU)  Beneficiary: BTC (Belgian Development Agency) Amount: 694,950 euros Duration: 2017 - 2020 Since 2013, Flanders finances an expert public finance to support the ministry of Health and to coordinate the GTAF working group. The GTAF is the forum to investigate and discuss the Public Finance Management of the Ministry of Health (MISAU / DAF). The GTAF is responsible for following up financial management and for the dialogue between the donors and the ministry.

Project: Reinforcement of the Health System Management of the Health Care Administration of the Province Tete in Mozambique through international technical assistance  Beneficiary: BTC (Belgian Development Agency) Amount: 616.130 euros Period: 2017 – 2019 Due to the announced withdrawal of the Danish development cooperation from the province of Tete, the implementation of the strategic plan for the health sector in Tete is jeopardized due to the lack of expertise. With the Flemish subsidy to the BTC the provincial Healthcare Administration can call on the expertise and technical support o

Project: Programme to improve sexual and reproductive health in adolescents and women with a focus on enhanced acces to contraception, HIV and STD prevention Partner: Doctors with Africa (CUAMM) Budget: 2.000.000 euros Duration: 2017-2020 Doctors with Africa (CUAMM) has been working in Mozambique since 1978 and has a good reputation among various partners. With this programme, the NGO aims to improve the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents and women in Mozambique.

Project: One UN Window for the Right to Food in Malawi Partner: One UN Fund (managed by United Nations Development Programme) Grant: 1.250.000 euros Duration: 2014-2019 Flanders’ support to the Right to Food Window strengthens the role of non-state actors in policy implementation and overcoming policy barriers to the achievement of the right to food in Malawi (in terms of adequate availability, accessibility and adequacy of food).

Project: Identifying and enhancing the capacity, performances and effects of the pluralist agricultural extension system in Malawi Beneficiary: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Grant:  450,000 euros Duration: August 2016 - July 2019 On 8 July 2016, the Government of Flanders decided to allocate a grant of €450,000 to the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Malawi. IFPRI will use these funds in the coming three years to assist the Malawi Ministry of Agriculture in the development of a coordinated agricultural extension policy.